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The book contains articles written by fourteen Scandinavian sociologists and social scientists. They explore topical problems in contemporary theoretical discourse and in empirical sociology. Postmodernist, feminist, and postfordist themes run parallel to critical consideration of the macrosociological research on welfare states, labor markets and social policy. This work vividly portrays a world apart in the process of integration and transformation.
| Foreword | 7 | |
| Introduction: Scandinavia Between Utopia and Anarchy | 9 | |
| Pt. I | The Welfare System in Scandinavia and Continental Europe | |
| 1 | The Scandinavian Welfare Model in the New Europe | 39 |
| 2 | Welfare Policy in Sweden | 71 |
| 3 | Policy Regimes and Attitudes to Inequality: A Comparison of Three European Nations | 87 |
| Pt. II | Scandinavian Labour Markets in Transition | |
| 4 | Flexible Production, Employment and Gender | 137 |
| 5 | Atypical Employment in the Nordic Countries: Toward Marginalisation or Normalisation? | 171 |
| 6 | Work Reforms in Sweden 1970-1990: From Labour Market Pressures to Corporate Strategies | 215 |
| 7 | Leaders and Laggards: Who Goes First in Bargaining Rounds? | 239 |
| Pt. III | Time and Space in Social Life | |
| 8 | Nordic State Feminism in the 1990s: Whose Ally? | 271 |
| 9 | The Timing of Women's Commodification - How Part-time Solutions became Part-time Traps | 291 |
| 10 | Social Steering of Lifestyles: The Case of Health Promotion Campaigns in Sweden | 313 |
| Pt. IV | Social Movements and Regional Development | |
| 11 | New Social Movements in the Nordic Countries | 337 |
| 12 | Space and Welfare: The EC and the Eclipse of the Scandinavian Model | 365 |
| Afterword: Scandinavia in the New Europe - Final Remarks | 405 | |
| Index | 415 |
Overview
The book contains articles written by fourteen Scandinavian sociologists and social scientists. They explore topical problems in contemporary theoretical discourse and in empirical sociology. Postmodernist, feminist, and postfordist themes run parallel to critical consideration of the macrosociological research on welfare states, labor markets and social policy. This work vividly portrays a world apart in the process of integration and transformation.